[Steppes] The Great East Steppes Osage Orange Massacre and Carnivore Feast.

[Mike C. Baker]

There is no truly strong odor associated with the "horse apple" fruit as
far as I am aware / remember.  When fresh, they are slightly sap-sticky.
In the past I've had the best results indoors when dividing them into
sections of perhaps an ounce or so and distributing on windowsills,
under sinks, under or behind furniture, and along "known" trails.
(Caveat: we've no indoor pets or small children to worry about any
potential hazard from ingestion.)

Of course, under / inside they've not gotten particularly wet and have
dried instead of rotting.  Also, with minimal water and less light,
those under a house would probably not sprout any time soon.

This is the first residence I've had where there was the pier&beam setup
to allow using them underneath -- the last time I applied some was over
three years ago, and with those three quartered fruits in combination
with other measures we have had very few insect invaders (until
relatively recently).

FYI, the "two LARGE bags" Iames brought back are now here at House
Dreamwind of the Shadowed Moon, and some of their contents are about to
be used under, in, and around (here and in our storage unit).  Anyone
else want some? (PLEASE -- I'd rather they not go to "waste".  Any not
claimed by the end of August will be chopped and distributed around the
yard or along the foundation line.)

Adieu, Amra / Pax ... Kihe / ttfn - Mike

Respectfully, Mike C. Baker
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: steppes-admin at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:steppes-admin at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of
> jspinks at ix.netcom.com
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 4:55 PM
> To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> Subject: RE: [Steppes] The Great East Steppes Osage Orange
> Massacre and Carnivore Feast.
>
> You have the gist of it.  It is an old folk remedy that my
> mom used to use. And it does not take a lot of them to work.
> Put 'em under the sink and other places roache and other
> creepy crawlies like and it should work. I believe you can
> also find it in some of the Rodale natural insect repellant
> info as well.
>
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:47:58 +0000 Kevin Black
> <kblack4 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Supposedly it has to do with the extremely high levels of
> tannic acid in the fruit that keeps the insects at bay.
> Leastwise that's what I learned this weekend.  And for those
> who asked for them we collected a TON of those apples, two
> full large garbage bags worth, not to mention the fairly full
> bag Greylond took with him as well.
> Coenwalh
>
> >From: Barbara W <alysd38 at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> >To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> >Subject: RE: [Steppes] The Great East Steppes Osage Orange Massacre
and
> >Carnivore Feast.
> >Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > > what on earth do you do with "horse chestnuts"?
> > > other than trebuchet missiles?
> >
> >I'm told that people used to throw them under their
> >houses (back when all houses around here on on a pier
> >& beam foundation.)  The odor of the rotting fruit
> >kept insects (and probably would keep any of us!) our
> >of the house.
> >
> >Not sure how they stopped the trees from growing under
> >there though, since they are such a hearty species.
> >
> >Alys